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Science Ch 12 Oceans
6th grade science
Question | Answer |
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marine | things that are part of or from the ocean |
beach | a sandy zone above the foreshore in a shallow marine environment |
intertidal zone | the zone of a marine environment between the high and low tide lines. Also called the foreshore. |
tidal flat | a flat muddy area in the intertidal zone |
crest | the high point of a wave |
trough | the low point of a wave |
wavelength | the distance between two wave crests or the distance between two wave troughs |
coast | the boundary between land and a body of water like the ocean |
longshore drift | the flow of sand along the coast |
continental shelf | the ocean bottom that extends from a coast; where the continental shelf ends, the ocean becomes distinctly deeper. |